test drive 5.0
The world has shifted. Or maybe you’ve shifted? Either way, things have changed, and it’s going to be quite a while before you see them change back again. BASICSYou were going about your business as usual until the world went white around you, and when the fog cleared: Oska. You've arrived in a snag of reality between worlds, the full extent of which can be read about here. But in essence, you’ve arrived in a grand, magical, almost empty castle. Outside the castle is an empty, long-abandoned village, partially in ruin. Past that, the world simply fades out into white mist. Your best bet is probably to stick to the castle and its grounds.
Suits of armor patrol the quiet hallways, but good luck getting them to speak or answer any questions. There’s absolutely nothing inside them, they move under their own power. They don’t talk, but they also go out of their way not to hurt you. You can even attack one, it will just patiently wait for you to give up and leave. If, however, you ask one for directions, it will dutifully turn and lead the way to wherever you’ve requested.
Librarians lurk in the halls of the enormous, well-stocked library, in which you can find nearly any book from nearly any world. The librarians are tall, wide, and very muscular, but they’re also not out to hurt you. Provided you play nice, of course. The usual rules apply: be respectful of the books, keep your voice lowered, and never bring any source of flame into the library. That last one might make the librarians reconsider their nonviolent natures.
Outside, there's a greenhouse with every type of flora you can imagine (and more, since they're from all over the universe) — be careful, though, because not all of them are friendly. If you'd like to take a dip, you can check out the lake; just be friendly to the fish. You can catch sight of almost any animal you'd like in the stables, real-world or fantasy. Most of them have been tamed, and won't do any real harm. However, some of them can be a bit testy. Stay away from the unicorns unless you have perfect manners — they hate impoliteness.
Current characters in game can assume that the Timeline glitched and sent them temporarily back to Oska. You are welcome to take any threads that happen here as game canon, should both parties arrive in game. Threads done here by prospective players may be used as application samples, and threads done by current players may be used as Bonus AC.
PROMPTSONE ✗ THE KITCHEN
The kitchen is always stocked with food, freshly cooked and ready to be eaten — although there was no one to do the cooking, and it might just be you to do the eating. That doesn’t seem to discourage the kitchen in the slightest, which is constantly churning out new, fresh courses. Some of them are more innocent than others today.
That tart you just ate? It was harpfruit, native to Cendiares, and has a pesky side effect of making the eater blurt out everything that pops into their head. The completely average-looking salad actually has flakes of Raphian wildflowers, which cause a bit of dancing fever — it isn't contagious, but it does make the sufferer want to dance with everyone they can. The choices and effects are endless and up to you, and don't worry; ALASTAIR is working on getting the kitchen under control as we speak.
TWO ✗ THE TRAINING CENTER
Maybe you find your way into the Training Center. A lot of work went into setting this room up, and it can construct nearly any scenario that you can imagine. All it takes to activate this room, still and featureless until it comes to life, is the brush of a finger against one of the glowing pads on the wall. The magitek will take it from there.
Just envision the setting and any enemies you’d like to train against, and they’ll instantly materialize. Would you rather go sightseeing, without worrying about a fight? No problem! The room is eager to provide you with a sparring partner, but it can be convinced to hold off -- just don’t think of getting into any fights. The Training Center also offers any games you can think of: soccer, basketball, literal freeze tag, etc. Every supply you need will be simulated for you.
Additionally, the following scenarios are also preloaded into the system for user convenience, each coming with a small summary of mission objectives:
ANWICK: A ruined little village with a massive, dead dragon skewered in the center of it. The goal is to protect her young in a nearby cave. The terrain is treacherous, the wyrmlings are squirmy and unhelpful, and the townsfolk are furious. But for good reason -- it seems dragons have been plaguing them for decades. Even the simulation’s enemies are programmed to say as much, and will do their best to convince you to their side.
CHANTES: Chantes, Audentes' first mission, is a typical medieval town cloaked in darkness and surrounded by a winding forest. It comes in two default flavors and difficulty settings. Fairies are the easier enemy; the objective is to collect three jars of unpleasant, glowing sap from their nests without getting your eyes poked out. The fairy goop can also cause disturbances with magical powers, unwanted levitation, and unfortunate cosmetic effects.
Demons are the more difficult setting. The task is to clear ominous runes off of various town structures, but when approached, each one releases a red, misty spirit. It will fight tooth and nail to protect its ‘home,’ but is largely invulnerable short of destroying its rune. To prevent this, it may resort to spells, violence, and possessing someone else in the simulation -- consider this a lesson in PvP. (NOTE: You’re also welcome to use anything from the previous events from Chantes as well.)
OSKA TRAINING: The goal in this simulation is simple: outlast the timer. It’s exactly the same castle, but after it’s been pelted by a firestorm, architecture ruined to rubble and ash. Navigating the half-destroyed castle is hard enough, and the earthquakes and fireballs raining from the sky will continue until characters survive for a certain amount of time (from an hour to a day) or find a full bushel’s worth of food. And just to rub salt in the wound, all the dirt, grime, and mud in this simulation will last outside of it, so you might need a shower after.
NALAWI: An island nation populated by diminutive deer people. The first setting is a mini version of the Gilligan's Island event -- it's less action-packed and more focused on survival. Marooned on the drowned island of Dakal, it's up to you to figure out where to find food and shelter. You might also want to avoid the hungry sea creatures that have made their way up on the island, too.
The second setting involves lava monsters erupting out of Nalalona, the largest volcano on the Nalawi islands. Lava imps will do their best to hypnotize recruits into following them back into the volcano, and can be defeated the normal way or non-violently lured into the water. Next comes the fire golems, hulking but fast. Their weak spot is their glowing core, but it will require some cleverness to reach. (NOTE: You're welcome to use any scenarios based on other Nalawi events as well!)
ZETA-12: Oh boy, a whole planet to explore! The objective here is simple: protect your delicate goo baby at all costs. Luckily for you, the simulation has seen fit to skip over the frozen wastes! Your first challenge is crossing the deep forest: carnivorous plants try to get a bite out of you, but that isn't the worst part. Eventually, you come to a deep chasm, and have to choose between forcing your wailing, distressed squidge across, or soothing it for several hours until it's willing to go with you.
Scenario two is a thick bog inhabited by an aggressive plant monster. It spits a crippling neurotoxin, so anyone attempting to fight it should be wary. Outsmarting or avoiding it would be best for the squidges' well-being, but some people are too hot-blooded for that. What will you do?
Finally, there's the desert; it's picturesque, but only if you can ignore the dehydration and punishing heat. There's a cave network for you to seek shelter in, but make no mistake: pretty soon a freak meteor shower causes a cave-in and leaves you trapped inside with an increasingly aggressive squidge. Are you out there dodging meteors or navigating caverns? THREE ✗ HOT SPRINGS EPISODEOne of ALASTAIR's teams extracted an enormous, very hot core from a sentient and murderous AI. What better way to put it to use than to heat up the springs? It's a nice place to get some much needed R&R or just hang out. Some enterprising recruits have built wooden decks and stairs around and through the whole affair. It's a little bit of a hike to get there from the castle, but anyone who has visited can agree: it's worth it. FOUR ✗ THE NETWORKThere is some good news, along with all these bizarre and fantastical new sights: you’ve arrived with a new piece of jewelry which, if examined, gives you access to anyone else that might be currently inhabiting Oska. You can speak into the jewelry and be heard, you can get it to project moving images of yourself and others, you can even think a message into it and have it arrive as written word to whoever you’re communicating with. It’s a useful little trinket, provided you can get it to work. FIVE ✗ CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTUREYou are free to use any of these settings, or anything from the Settings Page. You may use any virtually created setting you can think of in the Training Center, even scenes from your character’s world (although they’ll be devoid of people, unless they’re brought in as opponents). |
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it's called chatspeak, scrub
but that's okay, they probably don't teach you about the internet at pompous shitlord academy
you have my congratulations on managing to read as well as you can, i understand it must be difficult to even see with your head shoved so far up your ass
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[Félix pauses as though giving the problem a great deal of thought, then continues.]
It must be a wonder of these many worlds we all hail from, that one could produce someone as yourself who speaks so much and manages to say so little that makes sense. Truly this place takes in all kinds.
Although I suppose those that brought us here must have a need for someone on the front lines should there be battle, so you may have your place in the scheme of things yet.
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if you wanted a crash course on web lingo you only needed to ask
it's okay now
don't worry, senpai has noticed you
this thread is such an amazing trainwreck, thank you and also I'm sorry hfkskgks
that's just opening yourself up to all kinds of asskicking
and i imagine you wanna keep y-o-u-r prettyboy face the way it is
it's freaking fantastic I hope they both get in and can continue in game
Well, Senpai, I must say I'm thoroughly flattered by the attention and the... bêtises you offer, it's really something else and I can't imagine how I might have managed without it.
Tell me, do you offer your own skills as a guard? Because you have so rightfully pointed out, it would be most unfortunate if I did find myself in combat. I can't imagine what I would do.
8D yes me too! tho i will probably be waiting a month or so on apping
[But he doesn't correct this guy on the senpai thing. Let him make an ass of himself around anyone else who actually knows the meme. Or anyone Japanese, that'll be hilarious.]
buckle in cause i'm about to rock your world with some spoilers
nobody's gonna be your guard
nobody's gonna draw a bath for you or get you clothes or wipe your ass when you shit
for the fantastic price of absolutely free, you now get to experience life as a PEASANT, isn't that exciting?
[just. makin' a guess here based on his fantasy RPGs that this guy is some kind of medieval noble or something.]
and if you keep acting like an entitled dbag while having exactly 0 status points, we'll throw in the deluxe upgrade to OSTRACIZED PEASANT
it's the LARP where you never get to go out of character again, congratulations!
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Please. As though there'd ever be a place without those to rule and guide the area. Even if those in power aren't immediately obvious, they're always there. Almost everywhere has a lord or lady to keep everything in order. This place is no different.
Although I suppose from the bottom of the heap, you wouldn't have any reason to know who your masters are.
...this tag got real dark i'm sORRY
man, you are in for the rudest awakening you could even imagine
i seriously can't wait to watch you crash and burn 'cause it's people like you i hate the most
you don't even understand how good you've always had it because you can't imagine people not groveling and cowtowing at your feet
of course i know who my masters are, man
i've always known, cause i've literally been in their fucking cage all my life
it's no different here
the only thing that's changed is who's holding the leash
you though
you're going to be the one with the collar around your neck for the first time
and it's going to fucking eat you alive
it's exactly what fuckers like you deserve
~*~friendship~*~
[If the person he's speaking with thinks this is going to have Félix shaking in his shoes, he's going to have another thing coming. The courtier looks suddenly smug, as though he's learned something the other hadn't intended to give away, and he leans forward to give the jewellery a smile that's full of false charm, his voice dripping with condescension as he speaks.]
People like you wouldn't know what to do with power even if you could get your hands on it. You've never had to deal with an ounce of responsibility for yourself, and anytime something doesn't go your way it's easier for you to blame your betters than to actually take responsibility for your own actions.
You live a pathetic little life that will amount to nothing and instead of trying to go and make something of yourself, you'll shake your fist at those above you and blame them for everything because that's easier for you than actually trying to change your situation.
bffs 4 lyfe
but i'm in a helpful mood so lemme tell u a spoopy story in honor of halloween
a long time in the future in a galaxy far far away there's a country called japan
it has a government, but what runs it isn't a person or people but a series of machines called the sybil system
but what's so scary about machines, u ask
well, my friend
the scary part is these machines run on their own and can't be bribed or threatened or blackmailed by ur standard human
and all the time, every single moment of your life, they're working away, scanning ur brain, making decisions on if you get to stay part of society or not
and if ur brain's ever not up to par?
well, say goodbye to the life u have, cause you could be the richest, most famous, most powerful person in the country and it isn't worth a damn once sybil says ur brain is too dangerous
u either submit or u have to spend ur life on the run + die the minute they catch u
[There's a pause in the texts for a good thirty seconds, letting that sink in...then the next set start coming in, and there's no chatspeak in these. Everything's perfectly spelled, and the tone loses its flippant quality.]
sometimes sybil decides that when you're five
and you spend the next fifteen years alone in a cell where you know poison gas can come in through the air vents to execute you at any moment
and if you even think about trying to escape, you'll be killed immediately
[He's not saying it for sympathy. There's a vicious streak within Kagari that lays it all out as brutally as possible because he's hoping he'll get to see this guy squirm, even just for a second.]
thing is, not everyone goes quietly when they're told to throw their life away
that's why they need people to hunt them down and enforce sybil's judgment
but going out and ruining people's lives is pretty hard on a brain
so they figure, why not send out the damaged goods instead?
they might keep me on a leash and make me do their bidding, but it's worth it. i would have murdered anyone they told me to, sybil's judgment or otherwise, just for a chance to see the sun again
so why don't you tell me again how i never tried to improve my own life, you piece of shit
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So he doesn't look shaken much at all, just judgemental and a bit bored, as he's fairly certain as well that the only reason the man would go into this is because he either wants to get pity or cause discomfort, and Félix intends to offer neither. He has heard far worse for one thing, and for another there is one fact that stands out to him.]
By the sound of it, it chose correctly. All you've admitted is that you're a criminal and have gotten what you deserve, and if you're still going to argue that... then how many other children were also put in your situation? Because if it's only you, then I doubt the problem is with those in charge.
But of course, you're doing exactly as I said you would, and blaming everyone else.
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wow
advocating for locking up and killing children
you really are a piece of work, aren't you
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I do apologise, I missed the part where you were lamenting at being forced to hunt down others and how much it went against your nature. I must have been confused by the part where you said you'd gladly kill others, which sounds like the words of a criminal to me.
wait 1/2ing this
yeah that's me, clearly i've always been a demon seed
getting off on murders since i was 5
it's not like anything trapped doesn't become desperate to be free
especially after fifteen years
since, you know, you can't join the public safety bureau til you're 20
bad for pr and all that
but no no i should be torn up with angst and misery that i'm fucking over the same people who didn't give a shit when it was me
maybe some aliens will catch you on the next mission and keep you as a pet and then you'll get it in a few decades
hope springs eternal
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You really are quite the entertainer, you do realise? Perhaps you should consider entertaining in court instead of working the fields?
[Settling back in his chair again, Félix gestures loosely, an airy wave that takes in the room and their situation.]
You're trying so very hard to convince me that I'm wrong for... what exactly? Not seeing myself in the same position as you? You've taken such offence that I don't immediately fall to my knees in despair at my fate that you've practically told me, a stranger, your entire life story, while I've offered nothing in return.
I have to admit I'm curious how much else you'd eagerly share in your efforts to try and make me see the error of my ways. All the little secrets and desires you've never told another? If this is how you behave, it's little wonder you follow a leash so well; you've practically handed me one already and I've no interest in a dog.
So, before we end this farce, is there any other deep dark secret of your life you're desperate to share? I don't believe we've covered how you feel about your parents yet.
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to have a life story u actually need to have things to talk about
things other people did 4 u don't count
ps in case ur memory is as shitty as the rest of u
u were the one who started making guesses about my life
cause i guess urs is that boring
i thought i would help u out a bit
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As you like. But I've already gotten more than I needed, so unless you would like the false feeling of superiority in getting the last word, I will bid you adieu.
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actually i'm p sure i would
i'm a petty motherfucker like that
bye felicia